Tiple
Tiple
- Description
- The tiple, Puerto Rico's smallest string instrument, shows great regional variations in how it is strung and tuned. It and its jumbo version, the bordonúa, were often played to accompany religious songs. While the melodic cuatro has been embraced as a popular symbol of puertorriqueñidad (Puerto Ricanness), the tiple nearly disappeared in the 20th century.
- Description (Spanish)
- El tiple es el instrumento de cuerdas más pequeño de Puerto Rico, observándose un gran número de variaciones regionales respecto al modo en que se encorda y afina. El tiple y su versión gigante, el bordonúa, se tocaban a menudo para acompañar temas religiosos. Mientras que el cuatro melódico fue adoptado como símbolo popular de la puertorriqueñidad, el tiple prácticamente ha desaparecido en el siglo XX.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- late 19th-early 20th century
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- bone (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 52.1 cm x 11.7 cm x 6.8 cm; 20 1/2 in x 4 5/8 in x 2 11/16 in
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1078
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1078
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- subject
- Puerto Rico
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- Cultural and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Vidal
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
